Re: English questions

: : 4. (Probably "a growth OF interest in the game.") Many people
watched sporting events
: : on television. As a result, more people went to the actual games
or races than had gone to them before they were broadcast. It is
not known whether this increase in attendance occurred because seeing
sports on TV made people more interested in sports or because people
went to sporting events hoping that they themselves, as members
of the crowd, would be shown on TV.

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: Thanks VERY MUCH for your reply! And could explain further, what
does "How far" and "due to" mean in "How far this was due to a growth
of interest "?

The writer made a mistake. "How far this was due to" is bad English.
"Due to" means "caused by." "How far," when it doesn't refer literally
to distance, means "how much."

"To what extent this was due to a growth" would have been correct
English.